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recovery tasks, as appropriate, based on
research and new information; and (6)
develop a plan to monitor B.
hungerfordi after it is delisted.
Authority: The authority for this action is
section 4(f) of the Endangered Species Act,
16 U.S.C. 1533(f).
Dated: September 15, 2006.
Wendi Weber,
Assistant Regional Director, Ecological
Services, Region 3, Fort Snelling, Minnesota.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Revised Recovery Plan for Hawaiian
Forest Birds
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of document availability.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service (‘‘we’’) announces the
availability of the Revised Recovery
Plan for Hawaiian Forest Birds. There
are 21 bird taxa included in this revised
recovery plan; 19 are listed as
endangered, 1 is a candidate species for
Federal listing, and 1 is a species of
concern. These taxa represent four bird
families, with the majority being
Hawaiian Honeycreepers (subfamily
Drepanidinae, family Fringillidae). This
is a new recovery plan for two of the
listed birds, the O1ahu 1elepaio
(Chasiempsis sandwichensis ibidis) and
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O‘ahu 1alauahio (Paroreomyza
maculata).
Printed copies of this
revised recovery plan will be available
in 4 to 6 weeks by request from the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, Pacific
Islands Fish and Wildlife Office, 300
Ala Moana Boulevard, Room 3–122, Box
50088, Honolulu, Hawaii 96850
(telephone: 808–792–9400; fax: 808–
792–9580); and the Hawaii State
Library, 478 S. King Street, Honolulu,
Hawaii 96813. An electronic copy of the
revised recovery plan is now available
online at: https://endangered.fws.gov/
recovery/#plans.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Marilet A. Zablan, Endangered Species
Recovery Program Leader, Pacific
Islands Fish and Wildlife Office, at 808–
792–9400.
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Background
Restoring endangered or threatened
animals and plants to the point where
they are again secure, self-sustaining
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members of their ecosystems is a
primary goal of our endangered species
program. The Endangered Species Act
(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) (ESA) requires
the development of recovery plans for
listed species unless such a plan would
not promote the conservation of a
particular species. Recovery plans help
guide the recovery effort by describing
actions considered necessary for the
conservation of the species, establishing
criteria for downlisting or delisting
listed species, and estimating time and
cost for implementing the measures
needed for recovery.
Section 4(f) of the ESA requires that
public notice and an opportunity for
public review and comment be provided
during recovery plan development. In
fulfillment of this requirement, the Draft
Revised Recovery Plan for Hawaiian
Forest Birds was available for public
comment from October 16 through
December 15, 2003 (68 FR 59635).
Information presented during the public
comment period has been considered in
the preparation of this revised recovery
plan, and is summarized in the
appendix to the plan. We will forward
substantive comments regarding
recovery plan implementation to
appropriate Federal or other entities so
that they can take these comments into
account during the course of
implementing recovery actions.
Of the 21 birds addressed by this
revised recovery plan, the 19 federally
listed as endangered are: O1ahu 1elepaio,
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kama1o or large Kaua1i thrush
(Myadestes myadestinus), oloma1o or
Moloka1i thrush (Myadestes lanaiensis
rutha), puaiohi or small Kaua1i thrush
¯ ¯
(Myadestes palmeri), Kaua1i 1o1o (Moho
¯ ¯
braccatus), 1o1u (Psittirostra psittacea),
palila (Loxioides bailleui), Maui
parrotbill (Pseudonestor xanthophrys),
Kaua1i 1akialoa (Hemignathus procerus),
Kaua1i nukupu1u (Hemignathus lucidus
hanapepe), Maui nukupu1u
(Hemignathus lucidus affinis),
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1akiapola1au (Hemignathus munroi),
Hawai1i creeper (Oreomystis mana),
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O1ahu 1alauahio or O1ahu creeper, 1o1o
¯¯
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1a1a or kakawahie or Moloka1i creeper
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(Paroreomyza flammea), Hawai1i 1akepa
(Loxops coccineus coccineus), Maui
¯
1akepa (Loxops coccineus ochraceus),
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1akohekohe or crested honeycreeper
(Palmeria dolei), and po 1ouli
(Melamprosops phaeosoma). The
candidate species is the 1akikiki or
Kaua1i creeper (Oreomystis bairdi), and
the species of concern is the Bishop’s
¯ ¯
1o1o (Moho bishopi).
These taxa and their habitats have
been variously affected or are currently
threatened by one or more of the
following: habitat degradation by wild,
feral, or domestic animals (pigs, goats,
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and deer); predation by introduced
animals (rats, cats, and mongoose);
avian disease (malaria and avian pox);
habitat loss due to agriculture, ranching,
forest cutting, and urbanization; and
habitat modification due to the invasion
of nonnative plants. In addition, due to
the small number of existing individuals
and their very narrow distribution, these
taxa are subject to an increased
likelihood of extinction from random,
naturally-occurring events such as
hurricanes.
The objective of this revised recovery
plan is to ensure the long-term
conservation and recovery of these 21
taxa of Hawaiian forest birds, and to
enable the eventual delisting of the 19
listed as endangered. This recovery will
be accomplished through a variety of
recovery actions including: measures to
protect habitat where the taxa occur,
restoration of degraded habitat, removal
of feral ungulates from habitat areas,
control of introduced rodents and feral
cats that feed on forest birds, control of
invasive plant species, reduction in
numbers of mosquito breeding sites,
captive propagation and translocation,
and the development of means to
address threats of avian disease.
Management emphasis may differ
among species, as taxa are affected
differently and to varying degrees by
different limiting factors. Habitat
management and restoration will
encourage the expansion of current
populations into unoccupied habitat.
However, the establishment of new
populations using various translocation
and/or captive propagation techniques
will be needed in some cases to
accelerate population expansion and to
establish new populations in suitable
habitat.
Authority: The authority for this action is
section 4(f) of the Endangered Species Act,
16 U.S.C. 1533(f).
Dated: August 15, 2006.
Carolyn A. Bohan,
Acting Regional Director, Region 1, U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Lake Champlain Sea Lamprey Control
Alternatives Workgroup
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife
Service (Service), announce a meeting of
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the Lake Champlain Sea Lamprey
Control Alternatives Workgroup
(Workgroup). The Workgroup’s purpose
is to provide, in an advisory capacity,
recommendations and advice on
research and implementation of sea
lamprey control techniques alternative
to lampricide that are technically
feasible, cost effective, and
environmentally safe. Primary
objectives of the meeting will be to
identify research initiatives that may
enhance alternative sea lamprey control
techniques, and to explore the
significance of larval sea lamprey
populations that occur in delta habitats
rather than stream habitats. The meeting
is open to the public.
The Lake Champlain Sea
Lamprey Control Alternatives
Workgroup will meet on Wednesday,
October 25, 2006, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
DATES:
We will hold the meeting at
ECHO at the Leahy Center for Lake
Champlain, 1 College Street, Burlington,
Vermont; telephone (802) 864–1848.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dave Tilton, Designated Federal Officer,
Lake Champlain Sea Lamprey Control
Alternatives Workgroup, Lake
Champlain Fish and Wildlife Resources
Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
11 Lincoln Street, Essex Junction, VT
05452. Telephone: (802) 872–0629
We
publish this notice under section
10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.). The
Workgroup’s Specific responsibilities
are to provide advice regarding the
implementation of sea lamprey control
methods alternative to lampricides, to
recommend priorities for research to be
conducted by cooperating organizations
and demonstration projects to be
developed and funded by State and
Federal agencies, and to assist Federal
and State agencies with the
coordination of alternative sea lamprey
control research to advance the state of
the science in Lake Champlain and the
Great Lakes.
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Dated: September 8, 2006.
David A. Tilton,
Designated Federal Officer, Fish and Wildlife
Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
Notice of Availability of the Record of
Decision for the Right-of-Way
Applications Filed by Private Fuel
Storage, L.L.C., for an Independent
Spent Fuel Storage Installation on the
Reservation of the Skull Valley Band of
Goshute Indians and the Related
Transportation Facility in Tooele
County, UT
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Availability of Record
of Decision.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) has signed a Record
of Decision (ROD) concerning two rightof-way applications filed by Private Fuel
Storage (PFS), L.L.C, for an independent
spent fuel storage installation on
reservation lands of the Skull Valley
Band of Goshute Indians (Band or Skull
Valley Band). The installation is
described in an Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) prepared by the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (NRC), entitled
‘‘Final Environmental Impact Statement
for the Construction and Operation of an
Independent Spent Fuel Storage
Installation on the Reservation of the
Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians
and the Related Transportation Facility
in Tooele County, Utah (December
2001).’’
Spent nuclear fuel (SNF), the focus of
the EIS, is the primary by-product from
a nuclear reactor. As proposed, the fuel
would be transported from an existing
Union Pacific railroad site to the
Reservation of the Skull Valley Band in
Tooele County, Utah. The applications
seek right-of-way grants under Title V of
the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act (FLPMA), 43 U.S.C.
1761, to transport SNF across public
lands managed by the BLM. The BLM
was a cooperating agency in the
preparation of this EIS, as were the
Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), U.S.
Department of the Interior, and the U.S.
Surface Transportation Board. This EIS
is available online at https://
www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doccollections/nuregs/staff/sr1714/v1/.
Additional comments were received
by the BLM following its publication on
February 7, 2006, of a Federal Register
notice at 71 FR 6286 requesting
comments on the two right-of-way
applications then pending before the
agency. The BLM ROD is based on
review of the draft EIS; the FEIS;
comments received from the public,
other Federal agencies, and State and
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local governments; and discussion of all
the alternatives with the cooperating
agencies.
The BLM decision is to choose the No
Action alternative from the EIS. The
effect of this decision is to reject
applications U 76985 and U 76986 for
right-of-way grants filed by PFS, L.L.C.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim
Hughes; Deputy Director, Bureau of
Land Management; 1849 C St., NW.,
Washington, DC 20240; Telephone:
(202) 208–3801.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the Record of
Decision are available from Jim Hughes;
Deputy Director, Bureau of Land
Management; 1849 C St., NW.,
Washington, DC 20240.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Cedar Mountain Wilderness Area
On January 6, 2006, after publication
of the project’s EIS in December 2001,
President Bush signed Public Law 109–
163, the National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (119 Stat.
3136). Section 384 of this Act
designated certain lands as wilderness,
to be known as the Cedar Mountain
Wilderness Area, and added these lands
to the National Wilderness Preservation
System. The Cedar Mountain
Wilderness Area includes lands
described in PFS’s application U 76985
seeking a right-of-way for a rail line
(which had been the preferred
Alternative of the EIS). The effect of this
wilderness designation is to preclude
the BLM’s issuance of a right-of-way
grant authorizing a rail line through
those lands designated as the Cedar
Mountain Wilderness Area. As a
practical matter, any rail line would be
forced to halt at the boundary of the
lands designated as the Cedar Mountain
Wilderness Area.
The BLM’s authority to issue a rightof-way grant for a rail line across the
public lands is set forth in Title V of the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act (FLPMA), 43 U.S.C. 1761. Section
501(a) of FLPMA provides in part: ‘‘The
Secretary [of the Interior], with respect
to the public lands and, the Secretary of
Agriculture, with respect to lands
within the National Forest System
(except in each case land designated as
wilderness), are authorized to grant,
issue, or renew rights-of-way over,
upon, under, or through such lands
for— * * * roads, trails, highways,
railroads, * * * or other means of
transportation * * * (emphasis
added).’’ Thus, alternatives analyzing
transportation by rail were not selected
because to grant the right-of-way sought
by PFS in application U 76985 would be
inconsistent with the purpose for which
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Lake Champlain Sea Lamprey Control Alternatives Workgroup
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce a
meeting of
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the Lake Champlain Sea Lamprey Control Alternatives Workgroup
(Workgroup). The Workgroup's purpose is to provide, in an advisory
capacity, recommendations and advice on research and implementation of
sea lamprey control techniques alternative to lampricide that are
technically feasible, cost effective, and environmentally safe. Primary
objectives of the meeting will be to identify research initiatives that
may enhance alternative sea lamprey control techniques, and to explore
the significance of larval sea lamprey populations that occur in delta
habitats rather than stream habitats. The meeting is open to the
public.
DATES: The Lake Champlain Sea Lamprey Control Alternatives Workgroup
will meet on Wednesday, October 25, 2006, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
ADDRESSES: We will hold the meeting at ECHO at the Leahy Center for
Lake Champlain, 1 College Street, Burlington, Vermont; telephone (802)
864-1848.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dave Tilton, Designated Federal
Officer, Lake Champlain Sea Lamprey Control Alternatives Workgroup,
Lake Champlain Fish and Wildlife Resources Office, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, 11 Lincoln Street, Essex Junction, VT 05452.
Telephone: (802) 872-0629
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We publish this notice under section
10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.). The
Workgroup's Specific responsibilities are to provide advice regarding
the implementation of sea lamprey control methods alternative to
lampricides, to recommend priorities for research to be conducted by
cooperating organizations and demonstration projects to be developed
and funded by State and Federal agencies, and to assist Federal and
State agencies with the coordination of alternative sea lamprey control
research to advance the state of the science in Lake Champlain and the
Great Lakes.
Dated: September 8, 2006.
David A. Tilton,
Designated Federal Officer, Fish and Wildlife Service.
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